Why Couldn't I Wait?

From the work Snippets and Incomplete Songs of the 1970s
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Composer: Roger D. Linder
Rattlin' chains batter my brain, but I can't be free I took the blame, there's nothing but flames and I can't see The man comes up to me and asks my name I tell him and he welcomes me to the game There's fire all around but I still feel cold Why couldn't I wait to die 'til I got old? Sin and hate inside this gate I can't get out Greed and fear, it's always near it's all about There's fire all around but I still feel cold Why couldn't I wait to die 'til I got old? I'd die ten times more if I could get to the place in the sky The man comes up to me and asks my name I tell him and he welcomes me to the game There's fire all around but I still feel cold Why couldn't I wait to die 'til I got old?

Commentary
Another relatively complete lyric, never set to music. My vision of Hell.

From the work Snippets and Incomplete Songs of the 1970s
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